5088 Alexandria Surprise Major

Layout

23456	B	W	H
52436		–	3
35426		–	3
23564	–		2

3 part.

66 crus (15f,51b), 15 5678s (3f,12b), 7 6578s (2f,5b), 105 4-bell runs (41f,64b), 204 5678 combinations (92f,112b), 13 8765s (7f,6b), Queens.

Music Score = 334

Musical combination	Front	Internal	Back	Count	Score
56s & 65s	5	14	17	36	22
5678s	3	7	12	22	15.00
6578s	2	7	5	14	7.00
Combination roll-ups (crus)	15	42	51	108	66
4578s	3	7	12	22	15.00
4678s	2	7	5	14	7.00
5478s	2	7	5	14	7.00
5678s	3	7	12	22	15.00
6478s	3	7	12	22	15.00
6578s	2	7	5	14	7.00
4-bell runs	41	95	64	200	105
1234s	5	11	6	22	11.00
2345s	5	8	12	25	17.00
3456s	4	15	7	26	11.00
4321s	4	11	2	17	6.00
4567s	3	8	0	11	3.00
5678s	3	7	12	22	15.00
5432s	5	9	10	24	15.00
6543s	5	12	9	26	14.00
7654s	0	9	0	9	0.00
8765s	7	5	6	18	13.00
5-bell runs	11	16	10	37	21
12345s	2	2	2	6	4.00
23456s	2	3	0	5	2.00
34567s	1	2	0	3	1.00
45678s	2	0	3	5	5.00
54321s	1	4	0	5	1.00
65432s	2	0	3	5	5.00
76543s	0	3	2	5	2.00
87654s	1	2	0	3	1.00
6-bell runs	4	2	4	10	8
123456s	1	0	0	1	1.00
234567s	1	1	0	2	1.00
345678s	0	0	1	1	1.00
654321s	1	0	0	1	1.00
765432s	0	0	2	2	2.00
876543s	1	1	1	3	2.00
7-bell runs	1	0	2	3	3
1234567s	1	0	0	1	1.00
2345678s	0	0	1	1	1.00
7654321s	0	0	0	0	0.00
8765432s	0	0	1	1	1.00
Wraps				2	2
Backstroke wraps of Rounds				1	1.00
Backstroke wraps of Queens				0	0.00
Backstroke wraps of Tittums				0	0.00
Backstroke wraps of Backrounds				1	1.00
Handstroke wraps of Rounds				0	0.00
Handstroke wraps of Queens				0	0.00
Handstroke wraps of Tittums				0	0.00
Handstroke wraps of Backrounds				0	0.00
Combination near misses				4	4
12345687 (near miss)				0	0.00
12345768 (near miss)				0	0.00
12346578 (near miss)				0	0.00
12354678 (near miss)				0	0.00
12435678 (near miss)				0	0.00
13245678 (near miss)				1	1.00
21345678 (near miss)				0	0.00
12346587 (combination near miss)				0	0.00
12354768 (combination near miss)				0	0.00
12435687 (combination near miss)				1	1.00
12436578 (combination near miss)				0	0.00
12436587 (combination near miss)				0	0.00
13245768 (combination near miss)				0	0.00
13254768 (combination near miss)				1	1.00
21345687 (combination near miss)				0	0.00
21346587 (combination near miss)				0	0.00
21436587 (combination near miss)				1	1.00
5678 combinations	92	208	112	412	40
5678s	3	7	12	22	15.00
5687s	2	7	5	14	0.00
5768s	3	14	9	26	0.00
5786s	2	11	1	14	0.00
5867s	5	11	4	20	0.00
5876s	5	6	0	11	0.00
6578s	2	7	5	14	7.00
6587s	3	8	12	23	0.00
6758s	2	15	9	26	0.00
6785s	2	8	0	10	0.00
6857s	5	12	2	19	0.00
6875s	4	7	2	13	0.00
7568s	2	8	1	11	3.00
7586s	3	11	9	23	0.00
7658s	2	6	0	8	2.00
7685s	2	12	9	23	0.00
7856s	7	8	6	21	0.00
7865s	6	7	6	19	0.00
8567s	5	6	0	11	0.00
8576s	5	10	4	19	0.00
8657s	4	5	2	11	0.00
8675s	5	12	2	19	0.00
8756s	6	5	6	17	0.00
8765s	7	5	6	18	13.00
Combinations from named rows				58	58
1357s (from Queens)				2	2.00
2468s (from Queens)				2	2.00
3468s (from Whittingtons)				0	0.00
3478s (from Hagdyke)				17	17.00
3578s				17	17.00
5768s (from Bowbells)				9	9.00
7468s (from Princesses)				0	0.00
7568s (from Burdette)				1	1.00
7658s (from Rollercoaster)				0	0.00
8765s (Esso-Blues)				6	6.00
x5x6x7x8s (from Tittums)				4	4.00
Named Rows				5	5
12345678 (Rounds)				1	1.00
12563478 (Hagdyke)				1	1.00
12753468 (Whittingtons)				0	0.00
13245768 (Bowbells)				0	0.00
13254768 (Priory/The Intermediate)				1	1.00
13527468 (Princesses)				0	0.00
13572468 (Queens)				1	1.00
14327658 (Rollercoaster)				0	0.00
15263748 (Tittums)				0	0.00
16745238 (Jacks)				0	0.00
17652438 (St Michael's)				0	0.00
17654328 (Jokers)				0	0.00
31247568 (Burdette)				0	0.00
43215678 (See-saw)				0	0.00
56781234 (Saw-see)				0	0.00
45362718 (Exploded Tittums)				1	1.00
65432178 (Reverse Waterfall)				0	0.00
75312468 (Kings)				0	0.00
75321468 (Princes)				0	0.00
87123456 (Waterfall)				0	0.00
87654321 (Backrounds)				0	0.00
Undesirables				0	0
87s at back				0	0.00

Handbell Positions

Pair	1-2	3-4	5-6	7-8
1-2	159 (100%)	–	–	–
3-4	–	51 (32%)	48 (30%)	60 (38%)
5-6	–	44 (28%)	50 (31%)	65 (41%)
7-8	–	–	–	159 (100%)

Properties

Structure

Backstroke start
Mid lead start
Mid lead finish
Variable hunt
Variable cover

Methods

Spliced
ATW
Mixed stage
Change every lead
Every lead different
Jump method

Calls

Standard calls
Twin bob
Jump calls
No calls
Tenors together
Strictly tenors together
Multipart calling

Changes

Adjacent changes
Identity changes
Jump changes
Tenors reversed
Palindromic
Exact multipart

Truth

True
Round block
Single extent block
Multi-extent block
Repetition between calls
Internal rounds

Number of parts

Number of methods

Changes of method

Stage

Major

True rows

5088

False rows

Complete extents

Partial extents

Applicable leadhead codes

bdf

Date composed

Default calls

Near

Types of call

14 LE Bob (–)

Related Compositions = 5

Similarity	Related Composition
Identical calling	5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major by Nathan J Pitstow
Identical calling	5088 Superlative Surprise Major by Nathan J Pitstow
Identical calling	5088 Pudsey Surprise Major by Nathan J Pitstow
Rotated calling	5088 Treble Dodging Major Op. Rotated by Nathan J Pitstow
Reversed and transposed calling	5088 Superlative Surprise Major by Nathan J Pitstow

Performances

Date	Type	Details
Mon 5 Sept 2016	Peal on towerbells	5088 Alexandria Surprise Major by the North American Guild at Virginia Theological Seminary, Immanuel Chapel, Alexandria, Virginia, conducted by Frederick DuPuy

References

Collection	Chapter	Page	Reference
KCA Compositions (1998)			13097
Ringing Triumphs: Peals Conducted by Taft & DuPuy
Surprise Major: Peal Compositions for Aspiring Conductors

Library Details

Library

Public

Notes

Composition Id

27857

Created on

Mon 24-Oct-16 06:35 by Frederick DuPuy

Modified on

Mon 29-Jan-24 23:58 by Composition Analyser

Published on

Mon 24-Oct-16 06:39